We will not be intimidated into staying home. We will keep the late John Lewis in our hearts as we head to the polls to drive the likes of these ghouls out of power and out of office.

Yup, we've been telling you repeatedly: the nuclear family is designed for control. Control of women, control of populations. That's why capitalist governments push it so hard. That's why marriage comes with tax incentives.

no thank you I will not be engaging with an attempted neil gaiman redemption tour

the confirmation of contemporary transphobia as a political movement has been the brainchild of a boys club made up of some of the most disgusting monsters in recent memory to explicitly keep trans women disenfranchised so as to subjugate and exploit us for their own sexual gain is like a lot, dawg

Before it gets lost in the noise: Don’t fuck your employees. Don’t fuck your 20-something employees. Don’t fuck your 20-something employees who are currently depending on you for a place to live.

starting a ‘buffy’ rewatch - first time watching in 20 years. david boreanaz is as beautiful as ever, & my teenage heart continues to flutter over him. he does, however, have the haircut, black duster coat, & brooding nature of my first boyfriend, which makes him less attractive than previously.

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.

fuck it, i’m watching ‘home alone 2’ (though will conveniently be looking in the other direction when the orange dictator makes his cameo).

AOC calls for the impeachment of Attorney General Pam Bondi:

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

come see what you've done

Do Kellogg’s know what they are doing here?

Lmao

Catherine O'Hara made comedy and heartfelt performance seem effortless. Made me tear up with laughter and love from childhood to adulthood. We were all better off with her in the world, and with her gone there is still the laughter she left behind.

ages ago, i was discussing the discworld novels with my best friend. i said i’d always wanted to read more pratchett but had no clue where to start with it all. she recommended the city watch books as a good entrance point for me - i’ve finally started reading them & my goodness, they’re delightful.

BREAKING: A judge rules that Luigi Mangione should not face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.

with the blessing of the williams family, jamie costa’s ‘robin’ screen test video has reappeared on youtube after a long absence. it turned up randomly in my algorithm today and watching it again after a number of years made me instantly feel better. it’s an absolute delight. youtu.be/Wfl4LZ2mnAk

Today is January 24th, 2026 and Donald Trump is a dictator.

Minnesota knows how to have a good time! #FuckICE #Minnesota

roller skating around my kitchen at gone midnight definitely feels like the most hyperactive/impulsive ADHD behaviour i’ve engaged in quite some time.

watching ‘malice’ with jack whitehall and david duchovny… nice to see jack in something other than comedy. he’s surprisingly believable as a vengeful psychopath - i imagine all those years as a frustrated arsenal fan must have finally sent him loopy. totally understandable, tbqhwy.

So the guy who wanted peaceful protesters in DC to be shot is threatening Iran for shooting protesters there. Have I got that right?

All eyes on Iran. #iranRevolution

A poem by Amanda Gorman For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026

Renee Nicole Good And Her Family Have Class......

i do so love being in fuerte, but it does not love my tech. both my electric toothbrush and my fitbit have died a death since being here - january is going to end up being one expensive month.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

2025 may have been a bonkers year, but i had a pretty good time where books and video games were concerned - read a lot, played a lot (not many games, granted, but a fair few hours). also, feel free to add me on either platform if you like - same username as here.

It’s the United States that needs regime change.

Stranger Things wrapped up really well. I was even getting choked up at the very end. I want to believe the storyteller's story too.

Very much all of this. The many Brits bashing the capital are very useful idiots for overseas efforts to undermine the country imho. As I've said before, it's time to push back at the nonsense

Me, waking up this morning, to 2026:

today i walked to (and then up and back down) a rather big mountain, and then went for a massive burger and iced coffee afterwards. i’m about ready to pass out now, please and thank you.

Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.

E5 is so king-coded and i was totally living for it, ESPECIALLY with frank darabont directing! what a full-circle moment. i’m gutted the duffer brothers’ ‘the talisman’ adaptation may no longer be happening as i think they’d be perfect for it… perhaps it’ll get added to flanagan’s roster instead 🤞🏼

just finished ‘goodbye june’… i knew sally and roger winslet - briefly, many years ago - and the film is a lovely tribute to the matriarch of the family. i’m sure she’s proudly smiling down on her grandson for writing such a beautiful film, and all the rest of the winslet clan, too.

thank you very much to my 2025 #christmasbookswap buddy @becde.bsky.social - i’ve been thoroughly spoiled! 🥰 glad you liked your book and chocolates too, hope you enjoy your festive read (and nibble)! thanks a bunch also to @christmasbookswap.bsky.social, and see you next year. merry christmas! 🎄

💬 Zack Polanski: "Believing that there can be a better way will echo through everything we do and say in 2026. It doesn’t need to be the case that there is a cost of living crisis for ordinary working people while the world’s richest 25 families are $360 billion richer than they were a year ago."

andy crane on greatest hits radio has just sent me and mum to whamhalla on his top 10 at 10pm show! ah well, december 22nd is a pretty good run for whamageddon - think i was out a lot earlier last year. one also assumes, then, that tonight’s top 10 year is 1984, if ‘last christmas’ is included?

'Driving home for Christmas' is probably my favorite Christmas song. It's an unassuming, pleasant song written by an unassuming, pleasant artist who described himself as 'just a guy from Middelsbrough with a guitar'. Thank you for the music, Chris Rea, we'll miss you. www.trouw.nl/cultuur-medi...